THE HIGH COURT AT PATNA (ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT  
BENCH AT RANCHI) ACT, 1976 
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ARRANHGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS

1.  Short title. 
2.  Establishment of a permanent bench of High Court at Patna at Ranchi. 
 
 
THE HIGH COURT AT PATNA (ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT  
BENCH AT RANCHI) ACT, 1976 

ACT NO. 57 OF 1976

[8th April, 1976.] 

An  Act  to  provide  for  the  establishment  of  a  permanent  bench  of  the  High  Court  at  Patna  at 
Ranchi. 

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

1. Short title.—This Act may be called the High Court at Patna (Establishment of a Permanent Bench 
at Ranchi) Act, 1976. 

2.  Establishment  of  a  permanent  bench  of  High  Court  at  Patna  at  Ranchi.—There  shall  be 
established a permanent bench of the High Court at Patna at Ranchi, and such Judges of the High Court at 
Patna, being not less than three in number, as the Chief Justice of that High Court may, from time to time, 
nominate, shall sit at Ranchi in order to exercise the jurisdiction and power for the time being vested in 
that  High  Court  in  respect  of  cases  arising  in  the  districts  of  Hazaribagh,  Giridih,  Dhanbad,  Ranchi, 
Palamau and Singhbhum: 

Provided that the Chief Justice of that High Court may, in his discretion, order that any case or class 
of cases arising in any such district shall be heard at Patna.